Time for yet another "Mass Shooting" thread

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by argentine soccer fan, Jan 11, 2015.

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  1. Dage

    Dage Moderator
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    Jun 4, 2008
    Berlin
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    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Ok, possible. Maybe you should clarify it then. What's so darwinesque about the story? The guy jumping out of a bush in the evening? That's not darwinesque because nobody may reckon that he gets shot dead for that (in the civilized world) So, maybe you could clarify rthings for me.
     
  2. ElNaranja

    ElNaranja Member+

    Houston Dynamo
    United States
    Jul 16, 2017
    Since when is Florida part of the "civilized world"?
     
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  3. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    North of Lake Okechobee? Never.

    But I think he's referring to Germany, who set the precedent for this US regime
     
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  4. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
    1. He presumably knows at least a little about the shooter if he has reason to want to "celebrate" the shooter's birthday. Yet he went ahead and did something stupid and got killed anyway.

    2. Yes it is stupid anywhere-- it won't get you shot most places, even in America-- but it is the kind of thing that causes people to fall down and crack their skulls or have heart attacks irrespective of nation. It isn't particulary funny or pleasing in any circumstance that I can see.

    So I'll save my sympathy for more reasonable victims- lord knows there are enough that it isn't hard to find one.
     
  5. Dage

    Dage Moderator
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    Jun 4, 2008
    Berlin
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    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    Well.. again.. I don't see any blame at the victim. Again... for you living with gun violence this may be stupid behaviour. I and other Europeans for example wouldn't even consider to be in danger in a situation like that in their wildest fantasys. It's just not part of any forseeable situations.

    Another note: without a gun in the house, it would be still a complete family. Guns don't bring safety, never.
     
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  6. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
    You know, you've opened my eyes-- I never realized before that here in America when we're travelling a couple thousand miles to visit somebody, the reason why we call ahead is because gunz. I thought it was just the civilized thing to do, but you're right, we only do it for self preservation; where in the civilized old world the custom is to jump out of bushes all the time to freak people out.

    I mean come on--of course it is stupid to shoot at someone; but here you have a guy, probably drunk if he has already been quarreling with a family member, who is being told every day that he needs to be afraid of foreigners and refugees and black people and the government coming for his property and that his only real protection is his gun-- and you go jumping out of bushes at him in the dark when as far as he knows you are still on the other side of the Atlantic?

    A pox on him for being in a hurry to set off guns; but a pox on you for utter stupidity too. Its a wonder that you used to know how to breathe, and it does seem like you have made a modest improvement in the gene pool to me.

    And while we're at it a pox on the NRA, Fox, Trump, and the Republican party for doing their level best to make and keep us afraid of each other and you...
     
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  7. argentine soccer fan

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    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    Never is an exaggeration. Guns are dangerous, but sometimes they help. For example, when I was at college a student stopped a rape because he had a gun. He became a hero at the school, but he was still expelled.
     
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  8. Funkfoot

    Funkfoot Member+

    May 18, 2002
    New Orleans, LA
    The take home lesson for me is: don't visit your in-laws.
     
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  9. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    The right take. :thumbsup:
     
  10. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    Kansas City bar... you're up.
     
  11. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    All Hispanic victims. Party time in TrumpLandia.
     
  12. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    Halloween a couple of years back, an exchange student wearing a mask. Yes it was Halloween. Went to someones door after a treat.
    He got more than he expected. Right in the chest. Dead as a dodo.

    No charges brought. Only in the US of A.
     
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  13. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    Can't! They're fox loving repugnants.
     
  14. argentine soccer fan

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    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    LOL, you'll make a good conservative yet.

    But, I would also pay whatever was asked if I was them. From MGM's point of view, it's not about wealth distribution, it's about marketing. Regardless of whether it's fair or not, the last thing MGM wants is for the story of the shooting to stay on the news, and especially a story saying that they are fighting in court not to pay the victims. Especially considering they are in the gaming business and people are superstitious, the last thing they want is bad news related to their hotel/casino, which would be perceived by rich rollers as a bad luck place. So paying makes a lot of sense for them.
     
  15. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    While spinning about how much you love America and your customers and your role as good corporate citizen. Yeah, so would I. If we're running MGM, our job is to make money, which won't be done by fighting the settlement publicly. And yes, MGM will survive this settlement fine. I just think that the deep-pockets approach is bull, that's all.
     
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  16. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
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    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
    Club:
    FC Sankt Pauli
    Nat'l Team:
    Belgium
    I wonder what it will take for pence to make a move
     
  17. argentine soccer fan

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    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    Yes, it's bull. And it hurts small businesses, not the giant corporations.
     
  18. argentine soccer fan

    Staff Member

    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    He's a courageous man. He'll wait until Trump is dead, and then he'll stab him in the back.
     
  19. ElNaranja

    ElNaranja Member+

    Houston Dynamo
    United States
    Jul 16, 2017
    Only if he has his wife's permission.
     
  20. Smurfquake

    Smurfquake Moderator
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    Aug 8, 2000
    San Carlos, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Was it this one?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Yoshihiro_Hattori

    It was 1992, and the guy did face charges and was found Not Guilty, because, only in America.
     
  21. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    Got to be. I remember it was a Japanese exchange student. But 1992. Don't time fly.
    Still what kind of bastard does that, knowing that it's Halloween...?
     
  22. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Thoughts and prayers for the poor gunz!!!

     
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  23. KCFutbol

    KCFutbol Moderator
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    Jun 14, 2001
    Overland Park, KS
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    TrumpLandia should be even giddier as both shooters are also Hispanic.

    One of the shooters was involved in a similar situation, sans the shooting, earlier this year and was released from custody when he should have most probably been jailed.
     
  24. argentine soccer fan

    Staff Member

    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    Imagine that, Hispanic shooters.

    And just like that, Trump has his narrative for the next election.
     
  25. argentine soccer fan

    Staff Member

    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    Right. Guns don't kill people, illegals kill people. And, if guns were illegal, only illegals would have guns.
     
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